The Life And Correspondence Of Robert Southey Classic Reprint

Author : Robert Southey
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334942396
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Southey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey For the delay which has taken place in bringing forth this work I am not respons ible, as it has chie y arisen from the circumstance that no literary executor was ex. Pressly named in my father's latest will, and, in consequence of the difficulties which thus arose, it was not until the spring of 1848 that the materials, as far as they had then been collected, were put into my hands. I have, since then, made what speed I might in the preparation of them for the press, amid the engagements of other busi ness, and with my hand often palsied by causes over which I had no control. It were useless to endeavor to refute the various objections often made to a son's undertaking such a task yet one remark may be permitted, that although a son may not be a fit person to pass judgment upon a father's character, be yet may faith fully chronicle his life, and is undoubtedly, by a natural right, the most proper person to have all private letters submitted to his eye, and all family affairs intrusted to his judgment. With this feeling, and with the full conviction that I am acting in accordance with what would have been my father's own wish, I have not thought it right to shrink from an undertaking for which I can not claim to have in other respects any peculiar qualifications. Accordingly, my object has been, not to compose a regular biography, but rather to lay before the reader such a selection from my father's letters as will give, in his own words, the history of his life and I have only added such remarks as I judged necessary for connection or explanation indeed, the even tenor of his life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."